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first, with amy hollyfield in oakland. amy? >> kristen, we met with passengers as they evacuated from the train. they say it was tough to breathe while they were stuck. they say it was a scary situation. some saw people carried out on stretchers some with oxygen masks. firefighters say nine people were taken to the hospital. two people said they didn't want to go although firefighters were trying to get them to go. 700 people remain on the train that was stuck in the berkeley hills tunnel between rockridge and orinda. they were stuck on there for an hour. many say their cars were filling up with smoke and some passengers were having trouble breathing. they say it was scary. >> we were under the caldecott tunnel for hours. the lady passed out. i was crazy.

i helped her out. >> everyone was freaked out and the many issue is we were not communicated with. >> bart officials say this is all because of a smoky prick situation. they say this was no fire but what passes were dealing with is brake dust on the trains. they did send a rescue train to the stranded train but they could not get to them and finally they got the troubled train moving and brought them to the rockridge station. most people walked off the train on their own but therapy shaken the i met with a mother with a seven-year-old daughter with her and she put a barbie movie, on, on the tone on distract hour daughter. another woman said she took a xanax to calm down it will be a while before many board a bart

train again. >> we continue our team coverage with abc7 news reporter talking to officials at orinda station. what are they saying, laura? >> the bart spokesman happened to be stuck here, herself, after her train was behind the train that was stuck in the tunnel. she said specifically that it was an emergency brake that got stuck and was engaged on the train stuck in the tunnel. they are investigating. when we arrived there was a huge traffic jam. many passengers were on the train behind the one that started smoking in the tunnel. that train was off loaded to be used as a rescue team for those in the tunnel leaving hundreds of those passengers stranded along with those who usually catch a ride to work or school. the bart spokesman was on the train that was off loaded and

spoke with us a short time ago to update what happens next with service. >> now the train is out of the way, we have discovered there is a problem on one of the tracks between orinda and rockridge. we have to single track through the berkeley hill tunnel which will take a significant amount of time because of the log jam created from the hour-long incident on this very busy pittsburg-bay point line. >> i am very upset. this has been going with bart for a while. i started back catching bart. it has been a while. i have never experienced anything like this. >> we have an update the past few minutes, with the single tracking now has ended and they are back to running normal service through the berkeley hills tunnel on both tracks. they expect residual delays. we had a lot of petroleum here at the orinda bart station on their phones panicky phone calls to friends and family members to

get someone to pick them up to take them west through the tunnel or east to concord and pittsburg and antioch to pick up their cars. there were a lot of folks here who were upset about a lack of communication from bart on exactly what was going on and whether they could take the train back to pittsburg or bay point. service has improved dramatically and now there are two tracks running through the tunnel the residual delays should work themselves out by the evening commute. >> thanks, laura. you can see from the cell phone video sent by a rider that a few people had trouble breathing because of the break fumes. some complains they could not on the doors to ventilate the car or evacuate but part says that is a standard safety procedure. >> when the ventilation system starts in the tunnel it is automatic closure of the doors and that is to the safety of the personnel on the train as well as the firefighters responding.

>> fire chief says that they cannot have people walking on or near the tracks when the rescue train headed into the town them which is why people had to wait inside the disabled train. >> in seconds of the train stopping we got photos into our newsroom. this photo from a commuter frank yeng shows business as usual. and will wilkins tweeted this picture, and you can see some are smiling, and he said the brake dust cheered but that the smell on the train was "overpowering." when he arrived at rockridge, he said emergency personnel was treating the situation seriously. and another from will shows how many commuters were impacted as they stood on the platform waiting for another train. we will have continuing coverage of the bart emergency this or with more later today on abc7 news at 4:00 and 5:00 and 6:00 and online at abc7news.com. you can always get breaking news alerts any time following us on

twitter@abcnews bay area. >> chilly temperatures are gripping self local communities including at east bay hills to mount diabolo and walnut creek where temperatures dipped into the 20's. our news meteorologist joins with details. you were a victim of the temperature? >> 27 when i got in the car. notice the crowds are offshore with no rain and very dry air and calm conditions 61 limited visibility. any heat was gone. this is a happened: 27 in napa and novato and dan victim and 29 in concord, and 26 in santa rosa and 27 in walnut creek and san jose was closed at 34 for the freezing tonight and saratoga was 30. 25 in fremont. 35 in hayward. 37 in mountain view and san mateo. oakland at 36. tonight, all of us except san

francisco under a freeze warning. look what time it starts, it could drop below 32 by 9:00 lasting through 9:00 tomorrow. the pets, plants and yourself: take care and stay warm during that timeframe. >> the cold snap is causing some unusual sights along the bay area especially in the south bay and peninsula which is normally temperate. now to the santa clara bart station. chilly on the platforms, matt? >> yes, people taking public transportation this morning such as caltrain had to bundle up. it was 31 degrees in santa clara and it is still chilly at 46 right now as the cold snap takes a bite out of the pay area. >> frosty is popular christmas character and a good description of the weather conditions for people waking up on the peninsula. >> there were few jolly happy souls pus going outside meant dealing with the uncomfortable

temperatures. >> two days ago it was in the 50's. today it is 37! freezing! >> the c.h.p. had caltran check this bridge on 280 to make sure there was no black ice. the reservoir at crystal spring made it like like winter. the christmas trees used to the cold but the workers are not. >> there is frost everywhere. i was freezing. >> the furs delivered from oregon. here temperatures bottomed out at 32. frost covered everything but it is not all bad. zach found the bright side. >>the first time he has seen frost and we got to touch the frost. it is very cold. there was frost on the fence. this was frost on the cars. this was frost on the roofs across the street. it looked like snow. he hasn't been in the snow yet so he thought it looked like snow. >> few people told me they are covering their plants just to be

safe as the cold weather is expected to last several more difficulties. >> now is a if time to download the weather yap giving you severe weather alert and hourly temperature forecasts which is free at abc7news.com/app. >> the latest in the search for a missing bay area family whose plane is lost in the idaho wilderness. >> what president obama is calling the twin challenge of our time and what needs to be done. >> the core for releases the autopsy results for paul walker and what really killed the beloved movie

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>> developing news of the south bay family would plane disappeared over idaho on sunday. searchers called in reinforcement to scour the rugged terrain that took off in oregon on sunday but never made it in montana. our reporter is in the newsroom with the latest. >> the spokesman for the valley county sheriff says that 18 more members of the idaho mountain search and recess unit are on the ground and three more fixed wick planes are in the sky, so, now, 60 people and seven planes or seven aircraft are searching for the missing plane and the smith family. it is a signal will the transmitter that search planes picked up is weak. it is not an exact science.

>> you need to understand that in is a radio frequency and this is really mountainous terrains so the signal can bounce off complicating an identification of that location. if the family survives the crash, they have had to survive two nights in frigid winter weather. >> this morning, it was very cold. it was down well below zero last night at johnson street airport and snow is on the ground, and we 2.5' to 3' of snow and valley forge has pilot. >> dale smith a software pioneer reported engine problems. onboard his daughter, amber and her fiance, both students at byu idaho. jonathan was meeting her family over thanksgiving. his uncle has this to say. >> they were deeply in love scheduled to be married january

46789. >> also, his son daniel and daniel's wife were on the plane, five members of a loving family. missing. >> the skies are career so that is good. rescue teams hope to search until dark but scattered forecast this afternoon could interfere with the efforts. in the newsroom no abc7 news. >> the autopsy results are out this morning in the car crash death of "fast and furious" ator paul walker. he died from both traumatic and thermal injuries meaning both the crash impact and being burned. his friend who was driving died upon impact. the porsche slammed into a pole and exploded in flames on november 30th. investigators believe speed was a factor. >> president obama is addressing what three called a growing income gap between the rich and poor in america speaking of the economy a couple of hours ago in washington, dc and says income inequality jeopardized the

middle class and urging washington, dc to take steps to ensure the economy works for everyone. >> a child born in the top 20 percent has two in three chance of staying at or near the top. a child in the bottom 20 percent has less than 1 in 20 shot at making it to the top. >> the president also calls for a hike in the firm minimum wage saying an increase is a good step for families and the who as a whole. right now it is 7.25 an hour and democrats pushed to increase the minimum wage to $10 an hour. >> last night was cold and it will only be colder so we will check with mike nicco and the forecast. >> a bay area city takes the first step to banning electronic

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this is abc7 news. >> the city of richmond is taking a step to ban electronic cigarettes voting to adopt a new ordinance to prohibit e-cigarettes in any enclosed public space. e cigarettes are smokeless but allow users to enhail nicotine rather than tobacco fumes. the counsel will follow-up with another reading of the ordinance next year that could be law in 90 days. >> what if we say it will be colder tonight than it was last night? >> is that you running away?

>> a lot of people were using credit cards to clean off the car. you will need them again tonight. good morning, everyone, a look at live doppler 7 hd shows the clouds still well away from us and the moisture that we keep the temperatures up, well away from us all so a beautiful picture we in the sun it is not too bad but in the shade you will be in the 40's for the better part of today. the coldest lows tonight in rain, mixed with snow, poll here in the bay area friday night into saturday. san jose this morning shows a beautiful sunshine with construction and progress is

being made. most of us will be around 60 and we will be in the upper 40's to low 50's in most neighbors. we could make it to 53 in oakland and warm sport at 54 in santa cruz, but concord, livermore, antioch, clear lake, cloverdale, half moon bay, all in the upper 40's, and may not even break out of the 40's. tonight, the low is richmond, oakland, san mateo and san francisco, above freezing, and everyone else is in the mid-20's to low 30's. it looks like everyone else is going to be dealing with a more widespread fog than what we sawyer. that is why we have this in effect from 9:00 tonight until 9:00 tomorrow morning. it is not freezing but in san francisco if you covered the plants, hopefully you took the covers off and you will cover them again tonight. pets need fresh water the keep them need if you can. pipes normally don't break in the mid-20's but rap them if the

can and find your warmest coat and gloves and ear muffs for the kids. record lows are possible with the cold air in the heart of it as it senators to the south. the next system does not have a lot of moisture. it still has cold air and jumping forward, tomorrow afternoon, you can see the rain and the snow around seattle and portland. snow, still, is away from the coast on friday, and notice at 1:00 o'clock in the morning we are doing okay, and 7:00 in the morning, radar runs show up and the air will be so dry most of it will evaporate from mid-morning to the afternoon is when we will see the rain roll in temperatures in the 40's and most of it will be rain but headed to 4:00 on friday and the sun angle is dropping down, you can see the radar runs increase and that means more moisture with the cold air coming in and

the snow level will drop to 3,100 feet so saturday morning quote have a dusting of snow in higher elevations. on saturday we are only in the mid 40's and sunday another freeze is possible and monday and tuesday we could be back in the low-to-mid 50's well short of what we should be. a nice run of winter for seven days. >> thank you, mike. we are teaming up with the local feeding america food banks sow can help going to the facebook page and take the pledge to give where you live. with each pledge, we will donate a dollar in your honor to the bay area feeding america food banks, up to $75,000. and everyone would takes the pledge is entered to win $7,000 in cash. the winner is announced on december 19th, so spread the love and help us give where you live. we will be right back

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